For principals, directors & superintendents

Leadership support that shows up before your next PD day.

Ready-to-deliver training decks, SPED overflow capacity, and straight-talk coaching — built by someone with 20 years in education who's sat in your chair.

20+
years in education
Level 3
SPED director experience
E / S
Elementary & Secondary decks

In your inbox this week

  • Facilitator deck (E + S versions)
  • Run-of-show + talking points
  • Handouts & exit tickets
  • Optional live co-facilitation
Average turnaround: 5 business days
Built for leaders like you

You were promoted to lead — not to spend Sundays building slide decks.

Most school leaders we work with came up through the classroom. You're great with kids and teachers. Now you're running a building, fielding parent calls, writing an AI policy nobody trained you for, and holding the line on SPED compliance — usually all before lunch. We give you back the hours and hand you materials your team can actually use.

Principals & APs
Deans & Coaches
SPED Directors
Superintendents
What we actually solve

The six problems that eat your week.

On the left, what we hear from leaders. On the right, what we hand back.

Pain · 01

PD is Monday and I've got nothing.

Another late night cobbling slides together from three different vendor PDFs.

What we hand you

A branded facilitator deck + run-of-show in your hands within the week.

32-slide deck · E + S versions
Pain · 02

Our SPED team is drowning.

IEPs stacking up, director stretched, and the compliance clock doesn't stop.

What we hand you

Remote IEP drafting, compliance review, and director-level overflow support.

Pay-as-you-go SPED hours
Pain · 03

Staff are using AI and we have no policy.

Parents are asking what we're doing about it. So is the board.

What we hand you

Plain-language AI training + a policy framework you can adopt this quarter.

PD deck + sample policy
Pain · 04

I keep postponing the hard conversation.

Performance, behavior, culture — nobody trained you for this part.

What we hand you

1:1 coaching to script, rehearse, and follow through on the talks that matter.

Coaching sessions
Pain · 05

Our meetings eat the week.

Inconsistent agendas, no follow-through, documentation that won't hold up.

What we hand you

Operating systems for meetings, comms, and documentation your team will actually use.

Templates + rollout PD
Pain · 06

Off-the-shelf PD misses my building.

Elementary and secondary aren't the same job. Generic decks land flat.

What we hand you

Every topic ships in two versions, tuned to grade-band reality.

Elementary AND Secondary
What you get

Not a workshop. A package your team can run.

Every engagement ships as a complete kit — not a vendor visit that leaves nothing behind.

Facilitator deck

32 slides · branded · ready to present

Run-of-show

Timing, talking points, transitions

Handouts & exit tickets

Print-ready PDFs

Elementary + Secondary

Two versions, every topic

Live co-facilitation

Optional · we run it with you

How engagement works

From first call to facilitator deck in under two weeks.

01

Fit call

20 minutes. Tell us what's on fire this month.

02

Scope + pricing

A clear proposal in your inbox within 48 hours.

03

Materials delivered

Decks, guides, and handouts — branded and ready.

04

Deliver or co-deliver

Your team runs it, or we run it with you.

Eric Wicherski, founder of Next Step Educational Services

Eric Wicherski

Founder · Former Level 3 director

Built by someone who's been in the room

Two decades doing the work schools are stretched thinnest to cover.

"Good systems make it possible to look past the obstacle, build a practical plan, and still hold high expectations — every day."

I also live this work as a dad. Every step of my children's lives — every new phase — brings its own set of challenges, tough decisions, and new knowledge you need to acquire just to feel barely somewhat prepared and able to advocate for your children. My own family's journey keeps shaping what I bring to the families I work with.

  • 20+ years in education, K–transition age
  • General & Special Education
  • Autism & behavior classrooms
  • Opened & grew a Level 3 program
  • Rural · suburban · urban districts
  • Parent of two children with special needs
Built on federal IDEA standards · research-backed materials
FAQ

Questions leaders ask first.

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Tell us what your school is working on.

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